Ships
- Grande Hermine
- Built: France 1534; given in 1535 to Cartier by the King of France; used in the 1535–1536 and 1541–1542 voyages; replica 1967 built for "Expo 67" in Montréal; abandoned in 2001 from Saint-Charles River (Québec City)
- Petite Hermine
- Built: France; used in the 1535–1536 voyage and abandoned in 1536 springtime by Cartier in Saint-Charles River because too many of his sailors died in Québec City during last wintertime
- Émérillon
- Built: France; used in the 1535–1536 and 1541–1542 voyages
- Georges (1541–1542)
- Built: France; used in the 1541–1542 voyage
- Saint-Brieux
- Built: France; used in the 1541–1542 voyage
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Famous quotes containing the word ships:
“A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as exploit a highway.”
—Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)
“I have seen old ships sail like swans asleep”
—James Elroy Flecker (1884–1919)
“Shuttles in the rocking loom of history,
the dark ships move, the dark ships move,
their bright ironical names
like jests of kindness on a murderer’s mouth;”
—Robert Earl Hayden (1913–1980)
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